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Section XIII.— Heating-Power {continued). page 



4. Amount of resin in wood 101 



5. Degi-ee of soundness 102 



6. Determination of heating-power of wood 103 



CHAPTER II. 



INDUSTRIAL USES OF WOOD. 

 Sub-division I. — Timber. 



Section I. — The Different Classes of Converted Timber. 



1. General account 106 



2. Logs 107 



3. Sawn timber 109 



4. Cloven timber Ill 



Section II. — Timber used in Superstructures Ill 



Section III. — Timber used on, or in, the Ground. 



1. The foundations of buildings 116 



2. Wooden water-pipes 117 



3. Timber export-works 117 



4. Wooden pavement 117 



5. Railway-sleepers . . . . . . . . . .118 



6. Wood used in forts 121 



7. Mining timber 121 



Section IV. — AVood used in Contact with Water. 



1. Bridges 122 



2. Fascines 123 



Section V. — Wood used in Machinery. ... . . 124 



Section VI. — Ship and Boat Building. 



1. General account . . . . . . . . . .125 



2. Species and quality 126 



3. Permissible defects . . 129 



4. Shape and dimensions 129 



5. Supply of timber for ship-building 132 



Section VII. — Joiners' and Cabinet-makers' Work. 



1. Joiners' work 133 



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. 137 



2. Cabinet-making 



3. Artistic and fancy ware . 



4. Model-making .... 



5. AVood for tools and implements 



6. Miscellaneous goods . 



Section VIII. — Miscellaneous Uses of AA'^ood 



137 



